The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. Itprovides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals forprograms that cannot use the window system directly.

A bug was found in the way xterm packages were built that caused thepseudo-terminal device files of the xterm emulated terminals to be owned bythe incorrect group. This flaw did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Update 4 and earlier. (CVE-2007-2797)

All users of xterm are advised to upgrade to this updated package, whichcontains a patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-releasederrata relevant to your system have been applied.